Bondage 101 Guide: Tactics

Quick Knots: Why You Could Use Them

Just like every other sexual practice, even kinky sex gets boring if you repeat the same thing over and over again. Bondage is an endless resource for fun, but many practitioners tend to find their favorite knots and tie them again and again, which can become very routine.

You can always add something new.

There are endless techniques to use in bondage, but you might want to branch out a little bit into what is commonly classed as a set of BDSM techniques—which don’t have to involve pain or suffering if you and your partner don’t want them to (although you could certainly investigate that possibility with your consensual partner).

Since you’re already an expert at bondage, you can easily branch out into trying new things with your partner. For example, there are certain things you can try that will augment and enhance your bondage experience, and once again, your mind is your most versatile and creative tool.

Try roleplaying.

With role-plays, you have entire scenarios at your fingertips. You can explore the sexual fetishes of yourself and your partner without having to learn any new techniques, as long as you’re passably good at staying in character and you and your partner are open to having a good time.

Here are some favorite classic role-play scenarios to try out with your partner:

A boss tying up his secretary

A king and his pleasure slave

A hostage and her kidnapper

The possibilities are endless.

Of course, you have to make sure that your partner is as into the idea of this kind of bondage as you are. You won’t be doing yourself any favors by trying to drag her into an uncomfortable situation.

You need to learn how to tie quick, h2 knots.

Your experience in bondage will give you a certain speed, but speed isn’t all there is to knot-tying. Some knots just take a long time, which is part of the beauty and grace of bondage as an art form.

There are, however, many “quick knots” that you can use to help yourself get faster and more adept at knot-tying. Most of these are Japanese, as with most practices of bondage that come over to the USA sooner or later from kinbaku and shibari.

These knots are from the practice of hojojutsu.

If you’ve heard of shibari but not hojojutsu, that’s likely because the latter is more recent an art form. In Japanese, it literally means “quick tie,” and was used to restrain struggling prisoners fast in a way that would make it almost impossible for them to get out.

Quick knots are not as comfortable for the bound partner as traditional kinbaku.

The downside of using quick knots is the fact that they can make things incredibly uncomfortable for the bound partner in a way that they may not enjoy fully.

Of course, an experienced rigger can help minimize this discomfort. You have to be extremely careful about the placement of your rope, and especially the placement of your knots, to avoid causing any pressure or pain issues to your partner.

Check out some hojojutsu championships online, or read up on the process before you decide to start using these techniques. They look impressive, and they’re a lot of fun, but they definitely aren’t for beginners—or for those who are less coordinated.

Quick knots don’t have to just be for role-play.

While quick knots are of extreme use in role-play, their uses are endless. You can easily use them in regular bondage as well, though you have to be more careful and practiced with them than you are with your usual rigs.

If a knot or a pressure point is affected in an improper way, you’re not going to have the ability to have the kind of fun with your partner that you want. This is a slightly controversial topic in many bondage circles, but we believe quick knots can be incorporated safely into bondage techniques, as long as the rigger pays attention and knows what he or she is doing.

Think how much faster you could have your partner bound.

This isn’t just useful in role-play. Think of having a basic full-body tie in place in twenty seconds, and how fast you could get down to the action.